AP Sensing

Power Cable Monitoring

Power Cable Monitoring

Fiber Optic Sensing for Condition Monitoring and Thermal Ratings

MAXIMIZE YOUR ASSET PROTECTION AND LOAD MANAGEMENT

Today's power grids need to operate at the highest possible safe ampacity level.

To protect valuable power cable infrastructure, high safety margins are often applied. These can limit the efficient use of your power cable infrastructure. AP Sensing is the Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) solution provider for your power grid. Our power cable monitoring solution balances the need for asset protection and network performance optimization.

SMARTVISION™

AP Sensing's SmartVision™ management suite shows the condition of your circuits at a glance, controlled by an easy-to-use graphical interface. It seamlessly integrates many DAS, DTS, CCTV and other sensors into a single platform. Circuit layouts are mapped and color-coded to show the measured cable temperatures, as well as instantaneous changes in acoustic energy. Temperature graphics and hotspot tables are readily available. Sections of the cable route can be individually defined for flexible alarm levels and types.

APPLICATIONS

Our solutions monitor key application areas, including:

HVDC/ HVAC underground power cables

Power cable joints, terminations, tunnels and trenches

Export cables, array cables & interconnectors

Overhead lines & transformers

Utility tunnels

Substation equipment

As we develop our products from the research and manufacturing stages, to the project commissioning and maintenance, AP Sensing offers a completely integrated, end-to-end solution. Our team works together with you to select the right combination of technologies to fit your requirements. We also provide onsite services, hotline support, maintenance and product training.

COMMITMENT

RELIABILITY

QUALITY

EXPERTISE

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AP Sensing's support team has been a fantastic resource for us over the years. They have helped us with system development and implementation planning, and they are always quick to respond to our technical queries with competent advice and helpful tips.

Geoff Harris

Ausgrid

For me AP Sensing is the forerunner for distributed optical temperature sensing. You can see in their solutions a combination of experience and creativity -- an intuitive design that works just as you'd expect, yet they aren't afraid to think out of the box, or provide a customized solution. They carry on their HP/Agilent heritage and continue to develop and advance, while remaining true to their core values of quality and reliability.

Roberto Gaspari

Prysmian

When I think of AP Sensing the first thing I think of is reliability. We completely trust and rely on their performance specifications and I know that their technical support team is dedicated and passionate about solving any problems that might come up.

Paul Sanders

Petrospec Engineering

Knowing the technology and market, it is evident to me that AP Sensing is the forerunner in distributed optical sensing. Their solutions reflect a combination of experience and creativity. Experience comes from their HP/Agilent heritage, the leader in test and measurement equipment, with decades of experience in developing and manufacturing extremely reliable and high quality products. The creativity comes from their passion and commitment to solving real customer problems.

David Orr

Protex Systems

When you do business with AP Sensing you get the feeling that you are working together as partners, because they listen to you and understand the challenges of your day-to-day operations. Communication with AP Sensing is always professional and it's obvious that they have the experience and the technical know-how to answer our queries.

Marcin Cichy

Honeywell

AP Sensing's DTS is simply the best fit. We apply it together with ConveySafe in our coal power plants to protect our conveyors. The systems are rugged and completely reliable, need very little power, and can be seamlessly integrated into customer SCADA environments. Best of all, you don't just buy a box from them and that's it -- their post-sales support is outstanding.

Harald Grzybeck

STEAG

The SIL-2 (Safety Integrity Level) rating that AP Sensing has achieved on its DTS gives us the confidence that their solution is going to work as planned, day in and day out, in high-risk environments. Our LNG terminal operators sleep better at night knowing that our assets are protected and security standards are met.

Dr. Stephan Grosswig

GESO

My AP Sensing regional customer support is fantastic: competent, thorough and quick to get back to me. They have been a key player in our complex pipeline projects over the years, and they truly offer through-life product support, from installation and commissioning to training.

If you would like to talk to experts about Raman OTDR / OFDR (DTS), Brillouin OTDR / OTDA (DTSS), Coherent OTDR (DAS), Interferometric Vibration Sensing (DVS) or other fiber optic sensing technologies, get in touch with us. We understand the needs of fire detection in special hazard areas such as tunnels, conveyor belts, metros, factories, carparks and airports, as well as the needs in high voltage power cable monitoring for buried cables, subsea cables and interconnects.

Our solutions in the downstream sector are used for leak detection, TPI (Third Party Interference), flow assurance and heat tracing. In the upstream oil and gas industry we offer fiber optic well performance monitoring equipment.